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Field Listing :: Airports
This entry gives the total number of airports or airfields recognizable from the air. The runway(s) may be paved (concrete or asphalt surfaces) or unpaved (grass, earth, sand, or gravel surfaces) and may include closed or abandoned installations. Airports or airfields that are no longer recognizable (overgrown, no facilities, etc.) are not included. Note that not all airports have accommodations for refueling, maintenance, or air traffic control.
Country Comparison to the World
Country
Airports
Afghanistan 53 (2010)
Albania 5 (2010)
Algeria 143 (2010)
American Samoa 3 (2010)
Angola 193 (2010)
Anguilla 3 (2010)
Antarctica 26 (2010)
Antigua and Barbuda 3 (2010)
Argentina 1,141 (2010)
Armenia 11 (2010)
Aruba 1 (2010)
Australia 465 (2010)
Austria 55 (2010)
Azerbaijan 35 (2010)
Bahamas, The 62 (2010)
Bahrain 4 (2010)
Bangladesh 17 (2010)
Barbados 1 (2010)
Belarus 67 (2010)
Belgium 43 (2010)
Belize 45 (2010)
Benin 5 (2010)
Bermuda 1 (2010)
Bhutan 2 (2010)
Bolivia 881 (2010)
Bosnia and Herzegovina 25 (2010)
Botswana 78 (2010)
Brazil 4,072 (2010)
British Indian Ocean Territory 1 (2010)
British Virgin Islands 4 (2010)
Brunei 2 (2010)
Bulgaria 210 (2010)
Burkina Faso 24 (2010)
Burma 76 (2010)
Burundi 8 (2010)
Cambodia 17 (2010)
Cameroon 34 (2010)
Canada 1,404 (2010)
Cape Verde 10 (2010)
Cayman Islands 3 (2010)
Central African Republic 37 (2010)
Chad 56 (2010)
Chile 366 (2010)
China 502 (2010)
Christmas Island 1 (2010)
Cocos (Keeling) Islands 1 (2010)
Colombia 990 (2010)
Comoros 4 (2010)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the 198 (2010)
Congo, Republic of the 25 (2010)
Cook Islands 10 (2010)
Costa Rica 151 (2010)
Cote d'Ivoire 27 (2010)
Croatia 69 (2010)
Cuba 136 (2010)
Curacao 1
Cyprus 15 (2010)
Czech Republic 122 (2010)
Denmark 92 (2010)
Djibouti 13 (2010)
Dominica 2 (2010)
Dominican Republic 35 (2010)
Ecuador 428 (2010)
Egypt 86 (2010)
El Salvador 65 (2010)
Equatorial Guinea 7 (2010)
Eritrea 13 (2010)
Estonia 19 (2010)
Ethiopia 61 (2010)
European Union 3,383 (2010)
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) 7 (2010)
Faroe Islands 1 (2010)
Fiji 28 (2010)
Finland 148 (2010)
France 475 (2010)
French Polynesia 53 (2010)
French Southern and Antarctic Lands 4; note - one each on Europa Island, Glorioso Islands, Juan de Nova Island, and Tromelin Island in the Iles Eparses district (2010)
Gabon 44 (2010)
Gambia, The 1 (2010)
Gaza Strip 1 (2010)
Georgia 22 (2010)
Germany 549 (2010)
Ghana 11 (2010)
Gibraltar 1 (2010)
Greece 81 (2010)
Greenland 15 (2010)
Grenada 3 (2010)
Guam 5; note - 2 serviceable (2010)
Guatemala 372 (2010)
Guernsey 2 (2010)
Guinea 16 (2010)
Guinea-Bissau 9 (2010)
Guyana 96 (2010)
Haiti 14 (2010)
Honduras 104 (2010)
Hong Kong 2 (2010)
Hungary 43 (2010)
Iceland 99 (2010)
India 352 (2010)
Indonesia 684 (2010)
Iran 319 (2010)
Iraq 104 (2010)
Ireland 39 (2010)
Isle of Man 1 (2010)
Israel 48 (2010)
Italy 132 (2010)
Jamaica 27 (2010)
Jan Mayen 1 (2010)
Japan 176 (2010)
Jersey 1 (2010)
Jordan 18 (2010)
Kazakhstan 97 (2010)
Kenya 191 (2010)
Kiribati 19 (2010)
Korea, North 79 (2010)
Korea, South 116 (2010)
Kosovo 8 (2010)
Kuwait 7 (2010)
Kyrgyzstan 28 (2010)
Laos 41 (2010)
Latvia 42 (2010)
Lebanon 7 (2010)
Lesotho 26 (2010)
Liberia 29 (2010)
Libya 137 (2010)
Lithuania 81 (2010)
Luxembourg 2 (2010)
Macau 1 (2010)
Macedonia 14 (2010)
Madagascar 84 (2010)
Malawi 32 (2010)
Malaysia 118 (2010)
Maldives 5 (2010)
Mali 20 (2010)
Malta 1 (2010)
Marshall Islands 15 (2010)
Mauritania 28 (2010)
Mauritius 5 (2010)
Mexico 1,819 (2010)
Micronesia, Federated States of 6 (2010)
Moldova 11 (2010)
Mongolia 46 (2010)
Montenegro 5 (2010)
Montserrat 2 (2010)
Morocco 58 (2010)
Mozambique 106 (2010)
Namibia 129 (2010)
Nauru 1 (2010)
Nepal 47 (2010)
Netherlands 27 (2010)
New Caledonia 25 (2010)
New Zealand 122 (2010)
Nicaragua 143 (2010)
Niger 27 (2010)
Nigeria 54 (2010)
Niue 1 (2010)
Norfolk Island 1 (2010)
Northern Mariana Islands 5 (2010)
Norway 98 (2010)
Oman 130 (2010)
Pakistan 148 (2010)
Palau 3 (2010)
Panama 118 (2010)
Papua New Guinea 562 (2010)
Paracel Islands 1 (2010)
Paraguay 800 (2010)
Peru 211 (2010)
Philippines 254 (2010)
Poland 129 (2010)
Portugal 65 (2010)
Puerto Rico 29 (2010)
Qatar 6 (2010)
Romania 54 (2010)
Russia 1,213 (2010)
Rwanda 9 (2010)
Saint Barthelemy 1 (2010)
Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha 1 (2010)
Saint Kitts and Nevis 2 (2010)
Saint Lucia 2 (2010)
Saint Martin 1 (2010)
Saint Pierre and Miquelon 2 (2010)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 6 (2010)
Samoa 4 (2010)
Sao Tome and Principe 2 (2010)
Saudi Arabia 217 (2010)
Senegal 20 (2010)
Serbia 29 (2010)
Seychelles 14 (2010)
Sierra Leone 9 (2010)
Singapore 8 (2010)
Sint Maarten 1
Slovakia 36 (2010)
Slovenia 16 (2010)
Solomon Islands 36 (2010)
Somalia 59 (2010)
South Africa 578 (2010)
South Sudan 24
Spain 154 (2010)
Spratly Islands 4 (2010)
Sri Lanka 18 (2010)
Sudan 116 (2011)
Suriname 51 (2010)
Svalbard 4 (2010)
Swaziland 15 (2010)
Sweden 249 (2010)
Switzerland 65 (2010)
Syria 104 (2010)
Taiwan 41 (2010)
Tajikistan 26 (2010)
Tanzania 124 (2010)
Thailand 105 (2010)
Timor-Leste 6 (2010)
Togo 8 (2010)
Tonga 6 (2010)
Trinidad and Tobago 6 (2010)
Tunisia 32 (2010)
Turkey 99 (2010)
Turkmenistan 27 (2010)
Turks and Caicos Islands 8 (2010)
Tuvalu 1 (2010)
Uganda 46 (2010)
Ukraine 425 (2010)
United Arab Emirates 41 (2010)
United Kingdom 505 (2010)
United States 15,079 (2010)
United States Pacific Island Wildlife Refuges Baker Island: one abandoned World War II runway of 1,665 m covered with vegetation and unusable
Howland Island: airstrip constructed in 1937 for scheduled refueling stop on the round-the-world flight of Amelia EARHART and Fred NOONAN; the aviators left Lae, New Guinea, for Howland Island but were never seen again; the airstrip is no longer serviceable
Johnston Atoll: one closed and not maintained
Kingman Reef: lagoon was used as a halfway station between Hawaii and American Samoa by Pan American Airways for flying boats in 1937 and 1938
Midway Islands: 3 - one operational (2,409 m paved); no fuel for sale except emergencies
Palmyra Atoll: 1 - 1,846 m unpaved runway; privately owned (2010)
Uruguay 58 (2010)
Uzbekistan 54 (2010)
Vanuatu 31 (2010)
Venezuela 409 (2010)
Vietnam 44 (2010)
Virgin Islands 2 (2010)
Wake Island 1 (2010)
Wallis and Futuna 2 (2010)
West Bank 2 (2010)
Western Sahara 6 (2010)
World total airports - 43,982 (2010)
top ten by passengers: Atlanta (ATL) - 88,032,086; London (LHR) - 66,037,578; Beijing (PEK) - 65,372,012; Chicago (ORD) - 64,158,343; Tokyo (HND) - 61,903,656; Paris (CDG) - 57,906,866; Los Angeles (LAX) - 56,520,843; Dallas/Fort Worth (DFW) - 56,030,457; Frankfurt (FRA) - 50,932,840; Denver (DEN) - 50,167,485 (2009)
top ten by cargo (metric tons): Memphis (MEM) - 3,697,054; Hong Kong (HKG) - 3,385,313; Shanghai (PVG) - 2,543,394; Inch'on (ICN) - 2,313,001; Paris (CDG) - 2,054,515; Anchorage (ANC) - 1,994,629; Louisville (SDF) - 1,949,528; Dubai (DXB) - 1,927,520; Frankfurt (FRA) - 1,887,686; Tokyo (NRT) - 1,851,972 (2009)
Yemen 55 (2010)
Zambia 94 (2010)
Zimbabwe 216 (2010)
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